Although I see two options missing. What do you show under Picture Options for HDMI Black level and Film Mode? Should Cinema Motion be turned on?

HDMI Black Level and Film Mode are only available for certain sources. Both are grayed out when using the TiVo. When using my BD player, HDMI Black Level is set to Low and Film Mode is set to off. Whether or not you use Cinema Smooth is up for debate (better black levels vs. judder), but the calibrator recommended leaving it off.

Do I make my eyes bleed, or do I try to abide by accurate calibration numbers? That is the question, my friends.

There is no specification for peak luminance. I find anything over 30 ftL unbearable. As I've said before to a respected calibrator: If you want to set my TV to 35 ftL, I'll politely show you the door.

Do I make my eyes bleed, or do I try to abide by accurate calibration numbers? That is the question, my friends.

This is a case where what the film maker intended may not be what looks best to you. In the end, you're the one watching the TV so you should go with what looks best. It may not be 100% faithful to what the film maker intended, but he's not the one in your living room.

There is no specification for peak luminance. I find anything over 30 ftL unbearable. As I've said before to a respected calibrator: If you want to set my TV to 35 ftL, I'll politely show you the door.

Depends on the viewing environment. It should be pretty easy to dial it up or down by adjusting the cell light setting.

I was wandering if you guys could help a newbie out here. I'm working on the primary colors, or at least trying to I've been using the color space settings but I can't seem to get the colors to move on the chart. First question, should I be using 75% or 100% windows(I've been using 75%)? And how to do I know which 3 colors I need to increase(or decrease) for each primary? Here's where my points lay right now:

Like the settings TivoHD & Zoyd.....but does the sharpness have to be set at 0..I adjusted mine to 5....does this deteriate the picture settings?

I think it's mostly personal preference. Setting it at 0 for BluRay looks good to me, but with DirecTV it makes the picture much too soft and I end up setting it at 20 to give it some pop. Having it set too high can add extra noise to the picture that shouldn't be there, so in that way it can deteriorate the PQ.

Like the settings TivoHD & Zoyd.....but does the sharpness have to be set at 0..I adjusted mine to 5....does this deteriate the picture settings?

it could, but if it looks better to you, I would just go with it. On my set, when looking at a sharpness calibration slide anything above 0 produces a halo effect. But it would probably be negligible at a setting of 5.

I was wandering if you guys could help a newbie out here. I'm working on the primary colors, or at least trying to I've been using the color space settings but I can't seem to get the colors to move on the chart. First question, should I be using 75% or 100% windows(I've been using 75%)? And how to do I know which 3 colors I need to increase(or decrease) for each primary? Here's where my points lay right now:

Use 75% and do a primaries/secondaries series measurement before you start. After that it's pretty straight forward, for green use red and blue to move toward or away from green on the line between the colors. Watch deltaxy for green in the measures window and get it close to 0. Then adjust green up or down to get deltaL close to zero.

It looks like TiVoHD's was calibrated for a room with lot's of ambient light. I plugged those number's into my set and got 50 ftL peak white output. The settings I use are for a mid-dark room (dark walls and small windows) with peak white at 30 ftL.

Hello,
I hope everyone is enjoying there weekend. Zoyd I was wondering what settings alter peek ftl, is it contrast and cell light. ie: If that is right and I use your settings, just changing the cell light and contrast a-bit to fit my rooms ambient light will it screw up the other settings or not.

Hello,
I hope everyone is enjoying there weekend. Zoyd I was wondering what settings alter peek ftl, is it contrast and cell light. ie: If that is right and I use your settings, just changing the cell light and contrast a-bit to fit my rooms ambient light will it screw up the other settings or not.

Thanks in advance
Joe

You can change either (or both) a few clicks to suit your needs, it doesn't interfere with the other settings.

Darnit, can someone please tell me how to save picture settings? I did all the calibration last night, turned off the TV, and all my changes were gone in the morning. I was back to "Standard" mode with cell balance at 10. When I swiched back to movie mode (which is where I made all the calibration changes), but none of the changes were there, either.

Darnit, can someone please tell me how to save picture settings? I did all the calibration last night, turned off the TV, and all my changes were gone in the morning. I was back to "Standard" mode with cell balance at 10. When I swiched back to movie mode (which is where I made all the calibration changes), but none of the changes were there, either.

If you were in Movie Mode when you made your changes, they should still be in Movie Mode now. Before going through all of the settings again, try to just change one thing (like cell light) and make sure that the TV is saving it. Are you sure the TV wasn't in 3D mode when you made the changes?

If you were in Movie Mode when you made your changes, they should still be in Movie Mode now. Before going through all of the settings again, try to just change one thing (like cell light) and make sure that the TV is saving it. Are you sure the TV wasn't in 3D mode when you made the changes?

I've had this same problem, and yes, I was in movie mode when I changed the settings. One of the other users mentioned it, but basically if you go into a certain menu and then turn off the TV, it resets the picture settings for the mode that's currently selected. I've had it happen to me several times but cannot retrace what I did.

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Yeah, the only way to lose settings is by going into service mode and even then the CMS and WB don't reset.

I've had this same problem, and yes, I was in movie mode when I changed the settings. One of the other users mentioned it, but basically if you go into a certain menu and then turn off the TV, it resets the picture settings for the mode that's currently selected. I've had it happen to me several times but cannot retrace what I did.

Service mode?

Let us know if you figure out what is causing it. It would definitely be good to know so that we can avoid losing settings. I've heard that activating the Day/Night option on the D7000 can cause some volatility, but that's not even an option on the D8000.

Don't worry about the Service Menu. You really don't need to go in there for anything (unless you want to activate Day/Night on a D7000). As soon as you enter the Service Menu your settings get reset.

Don't worry about the Service Menu. You really don't need to go in there for anything (unless you want to activate Day/Night on a D7000). As soon as you enter the Service Menu your settings get reset.

Oh, yes, I've already done that. I followed the post that was linked in this thread

But no, I've had it reset before I even knew how to access the service menu. Is it possible that unplugging the TV resets the picture settings? That's one thing I remember doing before encountering a reset.

Let us know if you figure out what is causing it. It would definitely be good to know so that we can avoid losing settings. I've heard that activating the Day/Night option on the D7000 can cause some volatility, but that's not even an option on the D8000.

Don't worry about the Service Menu. You really don't need to go in there for anything (unless you want to activate Day/Night on a D7000). As soon as you enter the Service Menu your settings get reset.

I've heard that you need to do it with an RS-232 cable, but I don't know for sure. My calibrator recommended against enabling it because of the volatility it introduces. He's had a lot of customers frequently lose their settings with Day/Night enabled. Maybe that's why Samsung doesn't enable it by default.

Rather than have people post calibration settings in the general owner's thread where they'll get buried, I figured I'd start a new thread specifically for calibration settings. I figure it makes sense to have people post their settings for both the D7000 & D8000 models since they essentially use the same panel. If anyone tries any of the settings that are posted here, please report back. It will be interesting to see how well the settings transfer between individual sets and sizes.

My PN64D8000 was calibrated by Gregg Loewen from Lion AV. He did a great job and kept me informed about what he was doing every step of the way. The gray-scale and colors ended up spot on.

Here are the settings that I ended up with after the calibration. I've also attached the before and after charts for reference.

Those charts are very impressive! How long did it take Gregg to dial the display in? Did you have him work on 3D? Your basic settings look similar to what I'm using on the 59D7000. Gamma = -1 is perfect at night. I have gamma set to 0 during the day. I've increased sharpness for DirecTV, but have it lowered to 0 for high quality (bluray/1080p) sources.

Darnit, can someone please tell me how to save picture settings? I did all the calibration last night, turned off the TV, and all my changes were gone in the morning. I was back to "Standard" mode with cell balance at 10. When I swiched back to movie mode (which is where I made all the calibration changes), but none of the changes were there, either.

Like others have mentioned, you should only lose picture settings if you

1) enter the service menu
2) perform a factory reset
3) upgrade the f/w (depends on the rev)

The settings are also independently assigned for each input.

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I've heard that you need to do it with an RS-232 cable, but I don't know for sure. My calibrator recommended against enabling it because of the volatility it introduces. He's had a lot of customers frequently lose their settings with Day/Night enabled. Maybe that's why Samsung doesn't enable it by default.

The only issue I've come across in the D-series models is that 3D doesn't function properly within the CAL presets.